In the Olympic Games of ancient Greece, wrestling was an integral part of the Pentathlon, a form of all around athletic championship featuring running, jumping, wrestling, and throwing the discus and javelinIn imitation of classical Greek and Roman representations of the sport, modern
Greco-Roman wrestling was created in France in the early 19th century. It became
favoured in Scandinavian countries, from 1912 to 1948, after which the Soviet
Union and other countries came to the fore.
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